Akira
By: Akira Committee Production ; written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo ; executive producer, Sawako Noma ; producers, Ryokei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato ; screenwriter, Izo Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo
Contributors: Katō, Shunzō, producer; Misawa, Katsuji, cinematographer; Seyama, Takeshi, cinematographer; Sasaki, Nozomu, 1967- actor; Koyama, Mami, actor; Iwata, Mitsuo, 1967- actor; FUNimation Entertainment (Firm)
Edition: 25th Anniversary edition.
Published: 2013
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Tokyo (Japan); Juvenile delinquents; Drama; Mental illness; Motorcycling accidents; Research institutes; Juvenile Delinquents; Human experimentation in medicine; Motorcycle racing
Description: Clandestine army activities threaten the war-torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society that once called him weak.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.

Special features include: Akira sound clip (1988); Music for Akira, director interview; Storyboard collection; The writing on the wall; Original trailers; Original commercials; Restoring Akira; Glossary; U.S. 2013 trailer; trailers.

Director of photography, Katsuji Misawa ; editor, Takeshi Seyama.

Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; aspect ratio (16:9).

English or Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Feature film; title: Disc 2. Extras.